As Passed by the House 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Am. H. B. No. 599 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES LOGAN-WOMER BENJAMIN-DePIERO-FERDERBER- 8
WILLAMOWSKI-REDFERN-WILSON-BARNES-SALERNO-DISTEL-JONES- 9
KRUPINSKI-HARTNETT-JERSE-STEVENS 10
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A B I L L
To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 13
1901.027, 1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 14
1907.011, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code to
create the Columbiana County Municipal Court on 15
January 1, 2002, to establish two full-time 16
judgeships in that court, and to abolish the 17
Columbiana County County Court on that date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 19
Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.021, 21
1901.027, 1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.011, and 22
1907.11 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows: 23
Sec. 1901.01. (A) There is hereby established a municipal 32
court in each of the following municipal corporations: 33
Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake, 35
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling 37
Green, Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Celina, 38
Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville, 39
Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton, 40
Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East 41
Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay, 42
Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights, 43
Girard, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron, Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, 44
Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lima, Logan, London, 45
Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta, Marion, Marysville, 46
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Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor, Miamisburg, Middletown, 48
Mount Vernon, Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, 49
Niles, Norwalk, Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, Painesville, Parma, 50
Perrysburg, Port Clinton, Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, 51
Sandusky, Shaker Heights, Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, 52
Springfield, Steubenville, Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, 53
Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana, Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, 54
Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City of Washington in Fayette 55
county, to be known as Washington Court House, Willoughby, 56
Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and Zanesville. 57
(B) There is hereby established a municipal court within 59
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation 61
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is 62
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county
municipal court. The municipal court established by this 63
division is a continuation of the municipal court previously 64
established in Batavia by this section before the enactment of 65
this division.
(C) THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A MUNICIPAL COURT WITHIN 76
COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN LISBON OR IN ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION 77
OR UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY WITHIN COLUMBIANA COUNTY, EXCEPT THE 78
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF EAST LIVERPOOL OR LIVERPOOL OR ST. CLAIR 79
TOWNSHIP, THAT IS SELECTED BY THE JUDGES OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT 80
PURSUANT TO DIVISION (I) OF SECTION 1901.021 OF THE REVISED CODE. 81
Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by 82
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the 83
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or, 84
for the Clermont county municipal court, within the municipal 85
corporation or unincorporated territory in which it is 86
established, and are courts of record. Each of the courts shall 87
be styled ".................................. municipal court," 88
inserting the name of the municipal corporation, except the 89
following courts, which shall be styled as set forth below: 90
(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that 92
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shall be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal 93
court"; 94
(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that 96
shall be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal 97
court"; 98
(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall 100
be styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court"; 101
(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall 103
be styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court"; 104
(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall 106
be styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court"; 107
(6) The municipal court established in London that shall 109
be styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court"; 110
(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall 112
be styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court"; 113
(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall 115
be styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court"; 116
(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that 118
shall be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal 119
court"; 120
(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be 122
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court"; 123
(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall 125
be styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court"; 126
(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall 128
be styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court"; 129
(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall 131
be styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court"; 132
(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall 134
be styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court"; 135
(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that 137
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court"; 138
(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall 140
be styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court"; 141
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(17) The municipal court established within Clermont 143
county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or 144
unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is selected 145
by the legislative authority of that court that shall be styled 147
and known as the "Clermont county municipal court";
(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that, 149
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton 150
county municipal court"; 151
(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that 153
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court"; 154
(20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that, 156
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the 158
"Fairfield county municipal court";
(21) THE MUNICIPAL COURT ESTABLISHED WITHIN COLUMBIANA 160
COUNTY IN LISBON OR IN ANY OTHER MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR 161
UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY SELECTED PURSUANT TO DIVISION (I) OF 162
SECTION 1901.021 OF THE REVISED CODE, THAT SHALL BE STYLED AND 164
KNOWN AS THE "COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT."
(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division 166
(A) of this section, the municipal courts established by section 167
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows: 168
The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath, 170
Northampton, Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the 171
municipal corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in 172
Summit county. 173
The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within 175
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark 176
county. 177
The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland 179
county. 180
The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within 182
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county. 183
The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within 185
Athens county. 186
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The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within 188
Auglaize county. 189
The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the 191
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county. 192
The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within 194
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley 195
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and 196
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in 197
Summit county. 198
The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the 200
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow, 201
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange, 202
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within 203
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county. 204
The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within 206
Logan county. 207
The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme 209
and Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in 210
Sandusky county. 211
The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the 213
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, 214
Brook Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted 215
township, in Cuyahoga county. 216
The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within 218
the municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, 219
Custar, Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, 220
Milton Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun, 221
Tontogany, Wayne, and Weston, and within Bloom, Center, Freedom, 222
Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, Milton, 223
Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and Weston 224
townships in Wood county. 225
The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams 227
county. 228
The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within 230
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Guernsey county. 231
The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within 233
Coitsville township in Mahoning county. 234
The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton, 236
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in 237
Stark county. 238
The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer 240
county. 241
The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction 243
within Champaign county. 244
The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga 246
county. 247
The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within 249
Ross county. 250
The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within 252
Pickaway county. 253
The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within 255
Clark county. 256
The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within 258
Clermont county. 259
The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the 261
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county. 262
Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court 264
has jurisdiction within Clinton county. 265
THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT HAS JURISDICTION 267
WITHIN ALL OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY EXCEPT WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL 268
CORPORATION OF EAST LIVERPOOL AND EXCEPT WITHIN LIVERPOOL AND ST. 270
CLAIR TOWNSHIPS.
The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within 272
Coshocton county. 273
The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within 275
Crawford county. 276
The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within 278
Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg 279
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townships, and within the municipal corporations of Boston 280
Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, 281
Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and 282
Macedonia, in Summit county. 283
The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within 285
Defiance county. 286
The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within 288
Delaware county. 289
The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within 291
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county. 292
The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble 294
county. 295
The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the 297
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North 298
Ridgeville, and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, 299
Grafton, and LaGrange townships, in Lorain county. 300
The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the 302
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and 303
Beavercreek townships in Greene county. 304
Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal 306
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county. 307
The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 309
Hancock county except within Washington township. 310
The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon 312
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington 313
township in Hancock county, and within Perry township in Wood 314
county. 315
The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within 317
Franklin township in Warren county. 318
The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within 320
Franklin county. 321
The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within 323
Ballville and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county. 324
The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within 326
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Gallia county. 327
The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction 329
within the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, 330
Valley View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, 331
and Brecksville in Cuyahoga county. 332
The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty, 334
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county. 335
The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross 337
and St. Clair townships in Butler county. 338
The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within 340
Hamilton county. 341
The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within 343
Hardin county. 344
The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all 346
of Highland county except within Madison township. 347
The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within 349
Hocking county. 350
The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 352
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal 353
corporation of Sandusky. 354
The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid, 356
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington 357
townships in Lawrence county. 358
The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within 360
Jackson county. 361
The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the 363
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within 364
Washington township, in Montgomery county. 365
Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has 368
jurisdiction within Fairfield county. 369
The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within 371
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and 372
Windsor in Lawrence county. 373
The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within 375
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Turtlecreek township in Warren county. 376
The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within 378
Licking county. 379
The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen 381
county. 382
The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the 384
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield 385
township, in Lorain county. 386
The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the 388
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, 389
Mayfield, Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga 390
county. 391
The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within 393
Madison county. 394
The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within 396
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy, 397
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships, 398
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in 399
Richland county. 400
The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within 402
Washington county. 403
The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion 405
county. 406
The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within 408
Union county. 409
The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield 411
township in Warren county. 412
The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within 414
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson 415
townships in Stark county. 416
The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the 418
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within 419
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of 420
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the 421
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northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county. 422
The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the 424
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick, 425
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of 426
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette, 427
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York 428
townships, in Medina county. 429
The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the 431
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county. 432
The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within 434
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of 435
Bradford that is located in Darke county. 436
The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the 438
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and 439
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county. 440
The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within 442
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within 443
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county. 444
The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within 446
Knox county. 447
The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry 449
county. 450
The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction 452
within the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, 453
Bucks, Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, 454
Franklin, Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in 455
Tuscarawas county. 456
The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within 458
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington, 459
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county. 460
The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the 462
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield 463
township in Trumbull county. 464
The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of 466
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Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue 467
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships. 468
The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the 470
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South 471
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden, 472
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and 473
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except 474
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county. 475
The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the 477
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem 478
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake 479
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the 480
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the 481
Toledo municipal court. 482
The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within 484
Ottawa county. 485
The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within 487
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake 488
county. 489
The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the 491
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, 492
North Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn 493
Heights in Cuyahoga county. 494
The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the 496
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford, 497
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, 498
in Wood county. 499
The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within 501
Portage county. 502
The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within 504
Scioto county. 505
The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the 507
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park, 508
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga 509
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county. 510
The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the 512
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within 513
Perkins township, in Erie county. 514
The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within 516
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood, 517
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county. 518
The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon, 520
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within 521
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in 522
Richland county. 523
The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby 525
county. 526
The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the 528
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland, 529
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county. 530
The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the 532
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within 533
Sylvania, Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within 534
those portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships 535
lying north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, 536
in Lucas county. 537
The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, 539
Big Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, 540
Reed, Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca 541
county. 542
The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within 544
Washington township, and within the municipal corporation of 545
Ottawa Hills, in Lucas county. 546
The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within 548
Wyandot county. 549
The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the 551
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and 552
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery 553
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county. 554
The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van 556
Wert county. 557
The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the 559
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all 560
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of 561
Lorain, in Lorain county. 562
The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the 564
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and 565
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, 566
Sharon, Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county. 567
The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren 569
and Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except 570
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county. 571
The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction 573
within Fayette county. 574
The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within 576
Wayne county. 577
The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the 579
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick, 580
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill, 581
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake 582
county. 583
Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has 585
jurisdiction within Clinton county. 586
The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within 588
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross, 589
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in 590
Greene county. 591
(C) As used in this section: 593
(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but 595
not limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is 596
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that 597
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is 598
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governmentally a part of the township. 599
(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land 601
within the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation 602
and any townships that are coextensive with the municipal 603
corporation. 604
Sec. 1901.021. (A) The judge or judges of any municipal 613
court established under division (A) of section 1901.01 of the 614
Revised Code having territorial jurisdiction outside the 615
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is 616
located may sit outside the corporate limits of the municipal 617
corporation within the area of its territorial jurisdiction. 618
(B) Two or more of the judges of the Hamilton county 620
municipal court shall be assigned by the presiding judge of the 621
court to sit outside the municipal corporation of Cincinnati. 622
(C) Two of the judges of the Portage county municipal 624
court shall sit within the municipal corporation of Ravenna, and 625
one of the judges shall sit within the municipal corporation of 626
Kent. The judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Portage 627
county. 628
(D) One of the judges of the Wayne county municipal court 630
shall sit within the municipal corporation of Wooster, and one 631
shall sit within the municipal corporation of Orrville. Both 632
judges may sit in other incorporated areas of Wayne county. 633
(E) The judge of the Auglaize county municipal court shall 635
sit within the municipal corporations of Wapakoneta and St. Marys 636
and may sit in other incorporated areas in Auglaize county. 637
(F) At least one of the judges of the Miami county 639
municipal court shall sit within the municipal corporations of 640
Troy, Piqua, and Tipp City, and the judges may sit in other 641
incorporated areas of Miami county. 642
(G) The judge of the Crawford county municipal court shall 644
sit within the municipal corporations of Bucyrus and Galion and 645
may sit in other incorporated areas in Crawford county. 646
(H) The judge of the Jackson county municipal court shall 648
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sit within the municipal corporations of Jackson and Wellston and 649
may sit in other incorporated areas in Jackson county. 650
(I) EACH JUDGE OF THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT 652
MAY SIT WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF LISBON, SALEM, OR 654
EAST PALESTINE UNTIL THE JUDGES JOINTLY SELECT A CENTRAL LOCATION 655
WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURT. WHEN THE
JUDGES SELECT A CENTRAL LOCATION, THE JUDGES SHALL SIT AT THAT 656
LOCATION.
(J) In any municipal court, other than the Hamilton county 658
municipal court, that has more than one judge, the decision for 659
one or more judges to sit outside the corporate limits of the 660
municipal corporation shall be made by rule of the court as 661
provided in division (C) of sections 1901.14 and 1901.16 of the 662
Revised Code. 663
(J)(K) The assignment of a judge to sit in a municipal 665
corporation other than that in which the court is located does 666
not affect the jurisdiction of the mayor except as provided in 667
section 1905.01 of the Revised Code. 668
(K)(L) The judges of the Clermont county municipal court 670
may sit in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory 671
within Clermont county. 672
Sec. 1901.027. In addition to the territorial jurisdiction 681
conferred by section 1901.02 of the Revised Code, the municipal 682
courts established in Athens, Batavia, East Liverpool, 683
Gallipolis, Cincinnati, Ironton, Chesapeake, LISBON, Marietta, 684
Portsmouth, and Steubenville have jurisdiction beyond the north 685
or northwest shore of the Ohio river extending to the opposite 686
shore line, between the extended boundary lines of any adjacent 687
municipal courts or adjacent county courts. Each of the 688
municipal courts that is given jurisdiction on the Ohio river by 689
this section has concurrent jurisdiction on the Ohio river with 690
any adjacent municipal courts or adjacent county courts that 691
border on that river and with any court of Kentucky or of West 692
Virginia that borders on the Ohio river and that has jurisdiction 693
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on the Ohio river under the law of Kentucky or the law of West 694
Virginia, whichever is applicable, or under federal law. 695
Sec. 1901.03. As used in this chapter: 704
(A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which 706
municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 707
1901.01 and 1901.02 of the Revised Code. 708
(B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative 710
authority of the municipal corporation in which a municipal 711
court, other than a county-operated municipal court, is located, 712
and means the respective board of county commissioners of the 713
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located. 714
(C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the 716
municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a 717
county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the 718
respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the 719
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located. 720
(D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal 722
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a 723
county-operated municipal court, is located. 724
(E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal 726
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a 727
county-operated municipal court, is located. 728
(F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize 730
county, Clermont county, COLUMBIANA COUNTY, Crawford county, 732
Hamilton county, Hocking county, Jackson county, Lawrence county, 733
Madison county, Miami county, Ottawa county, Portage county, or 734
Wayne county municipal court. 735
(G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is 737
located" includes each municipal corporation named in section 738
1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a 739
judge sits pursuant to section 1901.021 of the Revised Code. 740
Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of, 749
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of 750
their terms shall be as follows: 751
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In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be 753
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, 754
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time 755
judge shall be elected in 1975. 756
In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 758
be elected in 1953. 759
In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall 761
be elected in 1951. 762
In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall 764
be elected in 1953. 765
In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge 767
shall be elected in 1967. 768
In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge 770
shall be elected in 1975. 771
In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall 773
be elected in 1957. 774
In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 776
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 777
1971. 778
In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall 780
be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 781
1979. 782
In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge 784
shall be elected in 1993. 785
In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall 787
be elected in 1951. 788
In the Berea municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 790
elected in 1957, term to commence on the first day of January 791
next after election, and one part-time judge shall be elected in 793
1981, term to commence on the second day of January next after 794
election. The part-time judge elected in 1987 whose term 795
commenced on January 1, 1988, shall serve until December 31,
1993, and the office of that judge is abolished, effective on the 796
earlier of December 31, 1993, or the date on which that judge 797
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resigns, retires, or otherwise vacates judicial office. 798
In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge 800
shall be elected in 1983. 801
In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 803
elected in 1965. 804
In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall 806
be elected in 1951. 807
In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall 809
be elected in 1963. 810
In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 812
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, 813
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977. 814
In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 816
elected in 1957. 817
In the Champaign county municipal court, one part-time 819
judge shall be elected in 1983. 820
In the Chardon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 822
be elected in 1963. 823
In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge 825
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 826
elected in 1977. 827
In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge 829
shall be elected in 1953. 830
In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge 832
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be 833
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield 834
municipal court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as 835
the judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 836
1988, until the end of their respective terms. 837
In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time 839
judges shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be 840
elected in 1999. 841
In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges 843
shall be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected 844
19
in 1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955. 845
In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time 847
judge shall be elected in 1957. 848
In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge 850
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington 851
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge 852
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until 853
the end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. 854
IN THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT, TWO FULL-TIME 856
JUDGES SHALL BE ELECTED IN 2001. 857
In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall 859
be elected in 1953. 860
In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 862
be elected in 1951. 863
In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge 865
shall be elected in 1977. 866
In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 868
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be 869
elected in 1967. 870
In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall 872
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days 873
beginning on the first day of January next after their election, 874
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to 875
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of 876
January next after their election. 877
In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall 879
be elected in 1957. 880
In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall 882
be elected in 1953. 883
In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge 885
shall be elected in 1957. 886
In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge 888
shall be elected in 1953. 889
In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 891
20
elected in 1973. 892
In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 894
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 895
1973. 896
In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 898
elected in 1951. 899
In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall 901
be elected in 1977. 902
In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time 904
judge shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be 905
elected in 2005.
In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 907
be elected in 1989. 908
In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall 910
be elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 911
1993. 912
In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall 914
be elected in 1975. 915
In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall 917
be elected in 1951. 918
In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time 920
judges shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be 921
elected in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, 922
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge 924
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be
elected in 1997. 925
In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall 927
be elected in 1975. 928
In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge 930
shall be elected in 1981. 931
In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time 933
judge shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 934
elected in 1981. 935
In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 937
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elected in 1963. 938
In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 940
be elected in 1953. 941
In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time 943
judges shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be 944
elected in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, 945
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of 946
judges of the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on 947
the first day of January next after their election, except that 948
the terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall 949
commence on January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the 950
terms of the additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall 951
commence on January 4, 1984, and January 5, 1984. 952
In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge 954
shall be elected in 1989. 955
In the Hillsboro municipal court, one part-time judge shall 957
be elected in 1957. 958
In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge 960
shall be elected in 1977. 961
In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 963
elected in 1967. 964
In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall 966
be elected in 1951. 967
In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge 969
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the 971
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was 972
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court 973
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001. 974
In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall 976
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 977
1975. 978
In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall 980
be elected in 1955. 981
In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall 983
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be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 984
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the 985
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall 987
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the 988
end of those judges' terms. 989
In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge 991
shall be elected in 1981. 992
In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 994
be elected in 1955. 995
In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge 997
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 998
elected in 1971. 999
In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,001
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,002
1967. 1,003
In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,005
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,006
1973. 1,007
In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,009
be elected in 1957. 1,010
In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,012
shall be elected in 1981. 1,013
In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,015
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,016
1969. 1,017
In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,019
be elected in 1957. 1,020
In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,022
elected in 1951. 1,023
In the Marysville municipal court, one part-time judge 1,025
shall be elected in 1963. 1,026
In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 1,028
elected in 1965. 1,029
In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,031
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be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,032
1971. 1,033
In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,035
elected in 1963. 1,036
In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,038
elected in 1957. 1,039
In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,041
elected in 1971. 1,042
In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,044
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 1,045
elected in 1979. 1,046
In the Miamisburg municipal court, one part-time judge 1,048
shall be elected in 1951. 1,049
In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge 1,051
shall be elected in 1953. 1,052
In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge 1,054
shall be elected in 1951. 1,055
In the Napoleon municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,057
be elected in 1963. 1,058
In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time 1,060
judge shall be elected in 1975. 1,061
In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge 1,063
shall be elected in 1963. 1,064
In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,066
elected in 1951. 1,067
In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,069
be elected in 1975. 1,070
In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,072
be elected in 1953. 1,073
In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,075
be elected in 1989. 1,076
In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,078
elected in 1963. 1,079
In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,081
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shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port 1,082
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 1,083
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, 1,084
until the end of that judge's term.
In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,086
shall be elected in 1951. 1,087
In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,089
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, 1,090
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. 1,091
In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge 1,093
shall be elected in 1977. 1,094
In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges 1,096
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be 1,097
elected in 1971. 1,098
In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge 1,100
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port 1,101
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the 1,102
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, 1,103
until the end of that judge's term. 1,104
In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge 1,106
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be 1,107
elected in 1985. 1,108
In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge 1,110
shall be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be 1,111
elected in 1971. 1,112
In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,114
be elected in 1953. 1,115
In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge 1,117
shall be elected in 1957. 1,118
In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be 1,120
elected in 1957. 1,121
In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,123
elected in 1995. 1,124
In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge 1,126
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shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993, 1,127
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until 1,128
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on 1,129
January 1, 2000.
In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges 1,131
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be 1,132
elected in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the 1,133
Springfield municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the 1,134
judges of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, 1,135
until the end of their respective terms. 1,136
In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,138
shall be elected in 1953. 1,139
In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,141
be elected in 1963. 1,142
In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,144
be elected in 1963. 1,145
In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,147
elected in 1953. 1,148
In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall 1,150
be elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1,151
1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. 1,152
In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one part-time judge 1,154
shall be elected in 1957. 1,155
In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,157
be elected in 1959. 1,158
In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,160
be elected in 1957. 1,161
In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall 1,163
be elected in 1965. 1,164
In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall 1,166
be elected in 1981. 1,167
In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,169
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1,170
1971. 1,171
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In the Washington Court House municipal court, one 1,173
full-time judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge 1,174
elected in 1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall 1,175
serve until December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is 1,176
abolished on January 1, 2000.
In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge 1,178
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be 1,179
elected in 1979. 1,180
In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge 1,182
shall be elected in 1951. 1,183
In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge 1,185
shall be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the 1,186
Wilmington municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the 1,187
judge of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, 1,188
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. 1,189
In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be 1,191
elected in 1977. 1,192
In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge 1,194
shall be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be 1,195
elected in 1953. 1,196
In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge 1,198
shall be elected in 1953. 1,199
Sec. 1901.31. The clerk and deputy clerks of a municipal 1,208
court shall be selected, be compensated, give bond, and have 1,209
powers and duties as follows: 1,210
(A) There shall be a clerk of the court who is appointed 1,212
or elected as follows: 1,213
(1)(a) Except in the Akron, Medina, Clermont county, 1,215
Hamilton county, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal 1,217
courts, if the population of the territory equals or exceeds one 1,218
hundred thousand at the regular municipal election immediately 1,219
preceding the expiration of the term of the present clerk, the 1,220
clerk shall be nominated and elected by the qualified electors of 1,221
the territory in the manner that is provided for the nomination 1,222
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and election of judges in section 1901.07 of the Revised Code. 1,223
The clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six 1,225
years, which term shall commence on the first day of January 1,226
following the clerk's election and continue until the clerk's 1,227
successor is elected and qualified. 1,228
(b) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the clerk of 1,230
courts of Hamilton county shall be the clerk of the municipal 1,231
court and may appoint an assistant clerk who shall receive the 1,232
compensation, payable out of the treasury of Hamilton county in 1,233
semimonthly installments, that the board of county commissioners 1,234
prescribes. The clerk of courts of Hamilton county, acting as 1,235
the clerk of the Hamilton county municipal court and assuming the 1,236
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth 1,237
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common 1,238
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the 1,239
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of 1,240
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the 1,241
county treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to 1,242
the annual compensation that is received for the performance of 1,243
the duties of the clerk of courts of Hamilton county, as provided 1,244
in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. 1,245
(c) In the Portage county and Wayne county municipal 1,247
courts, the clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne county 1,248
shall be the clerks, respectively, of the Portage county and 1,249
Wayne county municipal courts and may appoint a chief deputy 1,250
clerk for each branch that is established pursuant to section 1,251
1901.311 of the Revised Code and assistant clerks as the judges 1,252
of the municipal court determine are necessary, all of whom shall 1,253
receive the compensation that the legislative authority 1,254
prescribes. The clerks of courts of Portage county and Wayne 1,255
county, acting as the clerks of the Portage county and Wayne 1,256
county municipal courts and assuming the duties of these offices, 1,257
shall receive compensation payable from the county treasury in 1,258
semimonthly installments at one-fourth the rate that is 1,259
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prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas as determined 1,260
in accordance with the population of the county and the rates set 1,261
forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. 1,262
(d) Except as otherwise provided in division (A)(1)(d) of 1,264
this section, in the Akron municipal court, candidates for 1,265
election to the office of clerk of the court shall be nominated 1,266
by primary election. The primary election shall be held on the 1,267
day specified in the charter of the city of Akron for the 1,268
nomination of municipal officers. Notwithstanding section 1,269
3513.257 of the Revised Code, the nominating petitions of 1,270
independent candidates shall be signed by at least two hundred 1,271
fifty qualified electors of the territory of the court. 1,272
The candidates shall file a declaration of candidacy and 1,274
petition, or a nominating petition, whichever is applicable, not 1,275
later than four p.m. of the seventy-fifth day before the day of 1,276
the primary election, in the form prescribed by section 3513.07 1,277
or 3513.261 of the Revised Code. The declaration of candidacy 1,278
and petition, or the nominating petition, shall conform to the 1,279
applicable requirements of section 3513.05 or 3513.257 of the 1,280
Revised Code. 1,281
If no valid declaration of candidacy and petition is filed 1,283
by any person for nomination as a candidate of a particular 1,284
political party for election to the office of clerk of the Akron 1,285
municipal court, a primary election shall not be held for the 1,286
purpose of nominating a candidate of that party for election to 1,287
that office. If only one person files a valid declaration of 1,288
candidacy and petition for nomination as a candidate of a 1,289
particular political party for election to that office, a primary 1,290
election shall not be held for the purpose of nominating a 1,291
candidate of that party for election to that office, and the 1,292
candidate shall be issued a certificate of nomination in the 1,293
manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. 1,294
Declarations of candidacy and petitions, nominating 1,296
petitions, and certificates of nomination for the office of clerk 1,297
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of the Akron municipal court shall contain a designation of the 1,298
term for which the candidate seeks election. At the following 1,299
regular municipal election, all candidates for the office shall 1,300
be submitted to the qualified electors of the territory of the 1,301
court in the manner that is provided in section 1901.07 of the 1,302
Revised Code for the election of the judges of the court. The 1,303
clerk so elected shall hold office for a term of six years, which 1,304
term shall commence on the first day of January following the 1,305
clerk's election and continue until the clerk's successor is 1,306
elected and qualified. 1,307
(e) In the Clermont county municipal court, the clerk of 1,309
courts of Clermont county shall be the clerk of the municipal 1,310
court. The clerk of courts of Clermont county, acting as the 1,311
clerk of the Clermont county municipal court and assuming the 1,312
duties of that office, shall receive compensation at one-fourth 1,313
the rate that is prescribed for the clerks of courts of common 1,314
pleas as determined in accordance with the population of the 1,315
county and the rates set forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of 1,316
the Revised Code. This compensation shall be paid from the 1,317
county treasury in semimonthly installments and is in addition to 1,318
the annual compensation that is received for the performance of 1,319
the duties of the clerk of courts of Clermont county, as provided 1,320
in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. 1,321
(f) Irrespective of the population of the territory of the 1,323
Medina municipal court, the clerk of that court shall be 1,324
appointed pursuant to division (A)(2)(a) of this section by the 1,325
judges of that court, shall hold office until the clerk's 1,326
successor is similarly appointed and qualified, and shall receive 1,327
pursuant to division (C) of this section the annual compensation 1,328
that the legislative authority prescribes and that is payable in 1,329
semimonthly installments from the same sources and in the same 1,330
manner as provided in section 1901.11 of the Revised Code. 1,331
(2)(a) Except for the Alliance, Auglaize county, 1,333
COLUMBIANA COUNTY, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown municipal 1,334
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courts, in a municipal court for which the population of the 1,337
territory is less than one hundred thousand and in the Medina
municipal court, the clerk shall be appointed by the court, and 1,339
the clerk shall hold office until the clerk's successor is 1,340
appointed and qualified.
(b) In the Alliance, Lorain, Massillon, and Youngstown 1,342
municipal courts, the clerk shall be elected for a term of office 1,343
as described in division (A)(1)(a) of this section. 1,344
(c) In the Auglaize county municipal court, the clerk of 1,346
courts of Auglaize county shall be the clerk of the municipal 1,347
court and may appoint a chief deputy clerk for each branch that 1,348
is established pursuant to section 1901.311 of the Revised Code, 1,349
and assistant clerks as the judge of the court determines are 1,350
necessary, all of whom shall receive the compensation that the 1,351
legislative authority prescribes. The clerk of courts of 1,352
Auglaize county, acting as the clerk of the Auglaize county 1,353
municipal court and assuming the duties of that office, shall 1,354
receive compensation payable from the county treasury in 1,355
semimonthly installments at one-fourth the rate that is 1,356
prescribed for the clerks of courts of common pleas as determined 1,357
in accordance with the population of the county and the rates set 1,358
forth in sections 325.08 and 325.18 of the Revised Code. 1,359
(d) IN THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT, THE CLERK OF 1,363
COURTS OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY SHALL BE THE CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL 1,365
COURT, MAY APPOINT A CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK FOR EACH BRANCH OFFICE 1,366
THAT IS ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION 1901.311 OF THE REVISED 1,368
CODE, AND MAY APPOINT ANY ASSISTANT CLERKS THAT THE JUDGES OF THE 1,369
COURT DETERMINE ARE NECESSARY. ALL OF THE CHIEF DEPUTY CLERKS 1,370
AND ASSISTANT CLERKS SHALL RECEIVE THE COMPENSATION THAT THE
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY PRESCRIBES. THE CLERK OF COURTS OF 1,372
COLUMBIANA COUNTY, ACTING AS THE CLERK OF THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY 1,374
MUNICIPAL COURT AND ASSUMING THE DUTIES OF THAT OFFICE, SHALL 1,375
RECEIVE COMPENSATION PAYABLE FROM THE COUNTY TREASURY IN
SEMIMONTHLY INSTALLMENTS AT ONE-FOURTH THE RATE THAT IS 1,376
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PRESCRIBED FOR THE CLERKS OF COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS AS DETERMINED 1,378
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POPULATION OF THE COUNTY AND THE RATES SET 1,379
FORTH IN SECTIONS 325.08 AND 325.18 OF THE REVISED CODE. 1,380
(3) During the temporary absence of the clerk due to 1,382
illness, vacation, or other proper cause, the court may appoint a 1,383
temporary clerk, who shall be paid the same compensation, have 1,385
the same authority, and perform the same duties as the clerk. 1,386
(B) Except in the Clermont county, Hamilton county, 1,388
Medina, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal courts, if a 1,389
vacancy occurs in the office of the clerk of the Alliance, 1,390
Lorain, Massillon, or Youngstown municipal court or occurs in the 1,391
office of the clerk of a municipal court for which the population 1,392
of the territory equals or exceeds one hundred thousand because 1,393
the clerk ceases to hold the office before the end of the clerk's 1,394
term or because a clerk-elect fails to take office, the vacancy 1,395
shall be filled, until a successor is elected and qualified, by a 1,396
person chosen by the residents of the territory of the court who 1,397
are members of the county central committee of the political 1,398
party by which the last occupant of that office or the 1,399
clerk-elect was nominated. Not less than five nor more than 1,400
fifteen days after a vacancy occurs, those members of that county 1,401
central committee shall meet to make an appointment to fill the 1,402
vacancy. At least four days before the date of the meeting, the 1,403
chairperson or a secretary of the county central committee shall 1,404
notify each such member of that county central committee by first 1,405
class mail of the date, time, and place of the meeting and its 1,407
purpose. A majority of all such members of that county central 1,408
committee constitutes a quorum, and a majority of the quorum is 1,409
required to make the appointment. If the office so vacated was 1,410
occupied or was to be occupied by a person not nominated at a 1,411
primary election, or if the appointment was not made by the 1,412
committee members in accordance with this division, the court 1,413
shall make an appointment to fill the vacancy. A successor shall 1,414
be elected to fill the office for the unexpired term at the first 1,415
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municipal election that is held more than one hundred twenty days 1,416
after the vacancy occurred. 1,417
(C) In a municipal court, other than the Auglaize county 1,419
OR COLUMBIANA COUNTY municipal court, for which the population of 1,421
the territory is less than one hundred thousand and in the Medina 1,422
municipal court, the clerk of a municipal court shall receive the 1,424
annual compensation that the legislative authority prescribes. 1,425
In a municipal court, other than the Clermont county, Hamilton 1,426
county, Medina, Portage county, and Wayne county municipal 1,428
courts, for which the population of the territory is one hundred 1,429
thousand or more, the clerk of a municipal court shall receive 1,430
annual compensation in a sum equal to eighty-five per cent of the 1,431
salary of a judge of the court. The compensation is payable in 1,432
semimonthly installments from the same sources and in the same 1,433
manner as provided in section 1901.11 of the Revised Code. 1,434
(D) Before entering upon the duties of the clerk's office, 1,436
the clerk of a municipal court shall give bond of not less than 1,437
six thousand dollars to be determined by the judges of the court, 1,438
conditioned upon the faithful performance of the clerk's duties. 1,439
(E) The clerk of a municipal court may do all of the 1,441
following: administer oaths, take affidavits, and issue 1,442
executions upon any judgment rendered in the court, including a 1,443
judgment for unpaid costs; issue, sign, and attach the seal of 1,444
the court to all writs, process, subpoenas, and papers issuing 1,445
out of the court; and approve all bonds, sureties, recognizances, 1,446
and undertakings fixed by any judge of the court or by law. The 1,447
clerk may refuse to accept for filing any pleading or paper 1,448
submitted for filing by a person who has been found to be a 1,449
vexatious litigator under section 2323.52 of the Revised Code and 1,450
who has failed to obtain leave to proceed under that section. 1,451
The clerk shall do all of the following: file and safely keep 1,452
all journals, records, books, and papers belonging or 1,453
appertaining to the court; record the proceedings of the court; 1,454
perform all other duties that the judges of the court may 1,455
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prescribe; and keep a book showing all receipts and 1,456
disbursements, which book shall be open for public inspection at 1,457
all times.
The clerk shall prepare and maintain a general index, a 1,459
docket, and other records that the court, by rule, requires, all 1,460
of which shall be the public records of the court. In the 1,461
docket, the clerk shall enter, at the time of the commencement of 1,462
an action, the names of the parties in full, the names of the 1,463
counsel, and the nature of the proceedings. Under proper dates, 1,464
the clerk shall note the filing of the complaint, issuing of 1,465
summons or other process, returns, and any subsequent pleadings. 1,466
The clerk also shall enter all reports, verdicts, orders, 1,467
judgments, and proceedings of the court, clearly specifying the 1,468
relief granted or orders made in each action. The court may 1,469
order an extended record of any of the above to be made and 1,470
entered, under the proper action heading, upon the docket at the 1,471
request of any party to the case, the expense of which record may 1,472
be taxed as costs in the case or may be required to be prepaid by 1,473
the party demanding the record, upon order of the court. 1,474
(F) The clerk of a municipal court shall receive, collect, 1,476
and issue receipts for all costs, fees, fines, bail, and other 1,477
moneys payable to the office or to any officer of the court. The 1,478
clerk shall each month disburse to the proper persons or 1,479
officers, and take receipts for, all costs, fees, fines, bail, 1,480
and other moneys that the clerk collects. Subject to sections 1,481
3375.50 and 4511.193 of the Revised Code and to any other section 1,483
of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner of 1,484
disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court and 1,485
except for the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa 1,486
county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay all fines received 1,487
for violation of municipal ordinances into the treasury of the 1,488
municipal corporation the ordinance of which was violated and 1,489
shall pay all fines received for violation of township 1,490
resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code 1,491
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into the treasury of the township the resolution of which was 1,492
violated. Subject to sections 1901.024 and 4511.193 of the 1,493
Revised Code, in the Hamilton county, Lawrence county, and Ottawa
county municipal courts, the clerk shall pay fifty per cent of 1,494
the fines received for violation of municipal ordinances and 1,495
fifty per cent of the fines received for violation of township 1,496
resolutions adopted pursuant to Chapter 504. of the Revised Code 1,497
into the treasury of the county. Subject to sections 3375.50, 1,498
3375.53, 4511.99, and 5503.04 of the Revised Code and to any 1,499
other section of the Revised Code that requires a specific manner 1,500
of disbursement of any moneys received by a municipal court, the 1,501
clerk shall pay all fines collected for the violation of state 1,502
laws into the county treasury. Except in a county-operated 1,503
municipal court, the clerk shall pay all costs and fees the 1,504
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the 1,505
Revised Code into the city treasury. The clerk of a 1,506
county-operated municipal court shall pay the costs and fees the 1,507
disbursement of which is not otherwise provided for in the 1,508
Revised Code into the county treasury. Moneys deposited as 1,509
security for costs shall be retained pending the litigation. The 1,510
clerk shall keep a separate account of all receipts and 1,511
disbursements in civil and criminal cases, which shall be a 1,512
permanent public record of the office. On the expiration of the 1,513
term of the clerk, the clerk shall deliver the records to the 1,514
clerk's successor. The clerk shall have other powers and duties 1,515
as are prescribed by rule or order of the court. 1,516
(G) All moneys paid into a municipal court shall be noted 1,518
on the record of the case in which they are paid and shall be 1,519
deposited in a state or national bank, or a domestic savings and 1,520
loan association, as defined in section 1151.01 of the Revised 1,521
Code, that is selected by the clerk. Any interest received upon 1,522
the deposits shall be paid into the city treasury, except that, 1,523
in a county-operated municipal court, the interest shall be paid 1,524
into the treasury of the county in which the court is located. 1,525
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On the first Monday in January of each year, the clerk 1,527
shall make a list of the titles of all cases in the court that 1,528
were finally determined more than one year past in which there 1,529
remains unclaimed in the possession of the clerk any funds, or 1,530
any part of a deposit for security of costs not consumed by the 1,531
costs in the case. The clerk shall give notice of the moneys to 1,532
the parties who are entitled to the moneys or to their attorneys 1,533
of record. All the moneys remaining unclaimed on the first day 1,534
of April of each year shall be paid by the clerk to the city 1,535
treasurer, except that, in a county-operated municipal court, the 1,536
moneys shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which the 1,537
court is located. The treasurer shall pay any part of the moneys 1,539
at any time to the person who has the right to the moneys upon 1,540
proper certification of the clerk.
(H) Deputy clerks may be appointed by the clerk and shall 1,542
receive the compensation, payable in semimonthly installments out 1,543
of the city treasury, that the clerk may prescribe, except that 1,544
the compensation of any deputy clerk of a county-operated 1,545
municipal court shall be paid out of the treasury of the county 1,546
in which the court is located. Each deputy clerk shall take an 1,547
oath of office before entering upon the duties of the deputy 1,548
clerk's office and, when so qualified, may perform the duties 1,549
appertaining to the office of the clerk. The clerk may require 1,550
any of the deputy clerks to give bond of not less than three 1,551
thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of the 1,552
deputy clerk's duties.
(I) For the purposes of this section, whenever the 1,554
population of the territory of a municipal court falls below one 1,555
hundred thousand but not below ninety thousand, and the 1,556
population of the territory prior to the most recent regular 1,557
federal census exceeded one hundred thousand, the legislative 1,558
authority of the municipal corporation may declare, by 1,559
resolution, that the territory shall be considered to have a 1,560
population of at least one hundred thousand. 1,561
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(J) The clerk or a deputy clerk shall be in attendance at 1,563
all sessions of the municipal court, although not necessarily in 1,564
the courtroom, and may administer oaths to witnesses and jurors 1,565
and receive verdicts. 1,566
Sec. 1901.34. (A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and 1,575
(D) of this section, the village solicitor, city director of law, 1,576
or similar chief legal officer for each municipal corporation 1,577
within the territory of a municipal court shall prosecute all 1,578
cases brought before the municipal court for criminal offenses 1,579
occurring within the municipal corporation for which he THAT 1,580
PERSON is the solicitor, director of law, or similar chief legal 1,582
officer. Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the 1,583
village solicitor, city director of law, or similar chief legal 1,584
officer of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court 1,585
is located shall prosecute all criminal cases brought before the 1,586
court arising in the unincorporated areas within the territory of 1,587
the municipal court. 1,588
(B) The Auglaize county, Clermont county, Hocking county, 1,590
Jackson county, Ottawa county, and Portage county prosecuting 1,591
attorneys shall prosecute in municipal court all violations of 1,592
state law arising in their respective counties. The Crawford 1,593
county, Hamilton county, Madison county, and Wayne county 1,594
prosecuting attorneys shall prosecute all violations of state law 1,595
arising within the unincorporated areas of their respective 1,596
counties. THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY PROSECUTING ATTORNEY SHALL 1,597
PROSECUTE IN THE COLUMBIANA COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT ALL VIOLATIONS 1,598
OF STATE LAW ARISING IN THE COUNTY, EXCEPT FOR VIOLATIONS ARISING 1,599
IN THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF EAST LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL 1,600
TOWNSHIP, OR ST. CLAIR TOWNSHIP. 1,601
The prosecuting attorney of any county given the duty of 1,603
prosecuting in municipal court violations of state law shall 1,604
receive no additional compensation for assuming these additional 1,605
duties, except that the prosecuting attorney of Hamilton, 1,606
Portage, and Wayne counties shall receive compensation at the 1,607
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rate of four thousand eight hundred dollars per year, and the 1,608
prosecuting attorney of Auglaize county shall receive 1,609
compensation at the rate of one thousand eight hundred dollars 1,610
per year, each payable from the county treasury of the respective 1,611
counties in semimonthly installments. 1,612
(C) The village solicitor, city director of law, or 1,614
similar chief legal officer shall perform the same duties, 1,615
insofar as they are applicable to him THE VILLAGE SOLICITOR, CITY 1,616
DIRECTOR OF LAW, OR SIMILAR CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, as are required 1,617
of the prosecuting attorney of the county. He THE VILLAGE 1,618
SOLICITOR, CITY DIRECTOR OF LAW, SIMILAR CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER or 1,619
his ANY assistants whom he WHO may appoint BE APPOINTED shall 1,621
receive for such services additional compensation to be paid from 1,622
the treasury of the county as the board of county commissioners 1,623
prescribes.
(D) The prosecuting attorney of any county, other than 1,625
Auglaize, Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, Ottawa, or Portage county, 1,626
may enter into an agreement with any municipal corporation in the 1,627
county in which he THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY serves pursuant to 1,628
which the prosecuting attorney prosecutes all criminal cases 1,630
brought before the municipal court that has territorial 1,631
jurisdiction over that municipal corporation for criminal 1,632
offenses occurring within the municipal corporation. The 1,633
prosecuting attorney of Auglaize, Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, 1,634
Ottawa, or Portage county may enter into an agreement with any 1,635
municipal corporation in the county in which he THE PROSECUTING 1,636
ATTORNEY serves pursuant to which the respective prosecuting 1,637
attorney prosecutes all cases brought before the Auglaize, 1,638
Clermont, Hocking, Jackson, Ottawa, or Portage county municipal 1,639
court for violations of the ordinances of the municipal 1,640
corporation or for criminal offenses other than violations of 1,641
state law occurring within the municipal corporation. For 1,642
prosecuting these cases, the prosecuting attorney and the 1,643
municipal corporation may agree upon a fee to be paid by the 1,644
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municipal corporation, which fee shall be paid into the county 1,645
treasury, to be used to cover expenses of the office of the 1,646
prosecuting attorney. 1,647
Sec. 1907.011. In addition to the territorial jurisdiction 1,656
conferred by section 1907.01 of the Revised Code, the county 1,657
courts of Adams, Belmont, Brown, Columbiana, Jefferson, Meigs, 1,658
and Monroe counties have jurisdiction beyond the north or 1,660
northwest shore of the Ohio river extending to the opposite shore 1,661
line, between the boundary lines of any adjacent municipal courts 1,662
or adjacent county courts. Each of the county courts that is
given jurisdiction on the Ohio river by this section has 1,663
concurrent jurisdiction on the Ohio river with any adjacent 1,664
municipal courts or adjacent county courts that border on that 1,665
river and with any court of Kentucky or of West Virginia that 1,666
borders on the Ohio river and that has jurisdiction on the Ohio
river under the law of Kentucky or the law of West Virginia, 1,667
whichever is applicable, or under federal law. 1,668
Sec. 1907.11. (A) Each county court district shall have 1,678
the following county court judges, to be elected as follows: 1,679
In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,681
be elected in 1982. 1,682
In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge 1,684
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,685
elected in 1982. 1,686
In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge 1,688
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,689
and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,690
commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,691
In the Brown county county court, two part-time judges 1,693
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995, 1,694
and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,695
In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge 1,697
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,698
and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,699
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commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,700
In the Carroll county county court, one part-time judge 1,702
shall be elected in 1982. 1,703
In the Columbiana county county court, one part-time judge 1,705
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,706
and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,707
commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,708
In the Darke county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,710
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in 1,711
1982. 1,712
In the Erie county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,714
be elected in 1982. 1,715
In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge 1,717
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,718
elected in 1982. 1,719
In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge 1,721
shall be elected in 1982. 1,722
In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge 1,724
shall be elected in 1982. 1,725
In the Holmes county county court, one part-time judge 1,727
shall be elected in 1982. 1,728
In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge 1,730
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,731
and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,732
commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,733
In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge 1,735
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, 1,736
and three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to 1,737
commence on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1,738
1995, respectively. 1,739
In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,741
be elected in 1982. 1,742
In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge 1,744
shall be elected in 1982. 1,745
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In the Montgomery county county court, three-time judge 1,747
PART-TIME JUDGES shall be elected in 1998, term TERMS to commence 1,748
on January 1, 1999, January 2, 1999, and January 3, 1999, 1,750
respectively, and two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, 1,751
terms to commence on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, 1,752
respectively.
In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge 1,754
shall be elected in 1982. 1,755
In the Morrow county county court, one part-time judge 1,757
shall be elected in 1982. 1,758
In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge 1,760
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,761
elected in 1982. 1,762
In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,764
be elected in 1982. 1,765
In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge 1,767
shall be elected in 1982. 1,768
In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,770
be elected in 1982. 1,771
In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall 1,773
be elected in 1982. 1,774
In the Putnam county county court, one part-time judge 1,776
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,777
elected in 1982. 1,778
In the Sandusky county county court, two part-time judges 1,780
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995, 1,781
and January 2, 1995, respectively. 1,782
In the Trumbull county county court, one part-time judge 1,784
shall be elected in 1992, and one part-time judge shall be 1,785
elected in 1994. 1,786
In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge 1,788
shall be elected in 1982. 1,789
In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge 1,791
shall be elected in 1982. 1,792
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In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge 1,794
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be 1,795
elected in 1982. 1,796
(B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next 1,798
regular election for a county court judge as provided in section 1,799
1907.13 of the Revised Code. 1,800
(2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from, 1,802
forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled 1,803
in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as 1,804
provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code. 1,805
Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1,807
1901.021, 1901.027, 1901.03, 1901.08, 1901.31, 1901.34, 1907.011, 1,808
and 1907.11 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. 1,809
Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act, except for 1,811
section 1901.08 of the Revised Code, shall take effect on January 1,812
1, 2002. Section 1901.08 of the Revised Code, as amended by this 1,813
act, shall take effect at the earliest time permitted by law. 1,814
Section 4. Effective January 1, 2002, the Columbiana 1,816
County County Court is abolished. All causes, judgments, 1,817
executions, and other proceedings pending in the Columbiana 1,818
County County Court at the close of business as of December 31, 1,819
2001, shall be transferred to and proceed in the Columbiana 1,820
County Municipal Court as if originally instituted in the 1,821
Columbiana County Municipal Court. Parties to those causes, 1,822
judgments, executions, and proceedings may make any amendments to 1,823
their pleadings that are required to conform them to the rules of 1,824
the Columbiana County Municipal Court. The Clerk of the 1,825
Columbiana County County Court or other custodian shall transfer 1,826
to the Columbiana County Municipal Court all pleadings, orders, 1,827
entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, books, exhibits, files, 1,829
moneys, property, and persons that belong to, are in the
possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction of the 1,830
Columbiana County County Court, or any officer of that court, at 1,831
the close of business on December 31, 2001, and that pertain to 1,832
42
those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings. 1,833
Effective January 1, 2002, the three part-time judgeships 1,835
in the Columbiana County County Court are abolished. 1,836